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Article: It's not just pupils waiting anxiously for GCSE results
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- Yorkshire Post
- Article date:
- August 25, 2004
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Nervous teenagers are not the only ones concerned about tomorrow's
GCSE results. Education Correspondent James Reed looks at the exams'
significance.
GCSES may not have the historic gold-standard value of A-levels,
but the fact that every 16-year-old takes them makes them just as
important.
Along with the Standard Attainment Tests (SATs) results, GCSE
scores, rightly or wrongly, have become a barometer of how well
schools are serving pupils.
In those terms, local education authorities in Yorkshire will be
taking a close look at how their schools have performed.
Hull remained the poorest performing LEA in the country last year,
despite a significant rise in its pass rates.
Authorities ...